- alternative rock, folk, rock, country
- 50 min
- 15 tracks
- Elektra
Mermaid Avenue is a 1998 album of previously unheard lyrics written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, put to music written and performed by British singer Billy Bragg and the American band Wilco.
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Grave, spare, earnest and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Walt Whitman’s Niece3:54
- 2California Stars4:59
- 3Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key4:06
- 4Birds and Ships2:16
- 5Hoodoo Voodoo3:12
- 6She Came Along to Me3:28
- 7At My Window Sad and Lonely3:28
- 8Ingrid Bergman1:51
- 9Christ for President2:43
- 10I Guess I Planted3:33
- 11One by One3:26
- 12Eisler on the Go2:58
- 13Hesitating Beauty3:06
- 14Another Man’s Done Gone1:36
- 15The Unwelcome Guest5:05
15 tracks, 50 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Billy Bragg, Wilco
- Label
- Elektra
- Released
- 1998
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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